diff --git a/src/core/ext/resolver/sockaddr/sockaddr_resolver.c b/src/core/ext/resolver/sockaddr/sockaddr_resolver.c
index 94366458f46..f232e0460b6 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/resolver/sockaddr/sockaddr_resolver.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/resolver/sockaddr/sockaddr_resolver.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static grpc_resolver *sockaddr_create(
     if (errors_found) break;
   }
 
-  r->target_name = gpr_dump_slice(path_slice, GPR_DUMP_ASCII);
+  r->target_name = gpr_strdup(args->uri->path);
   gpr_slice_buffer_destroy(&path_parts);
   gpr_slice_unref(path_slice);
   if (errors_found) {
diff --git a/test/core/client_config/resolvers/sockaddr_resolver_test.c b/test/core/client_config/resolvers/sockaddr_resolver_test.c
index 3b66221f359..b5d96efa1d9 100644
--- a/test/core/client_config/resolvers/sockaddr_resolver_test.c
+++ b/test/core/client_config/resolvers/sockaddr_resolver_test.c
@@ -70,16 +70,15 @@ static void test_succeeds(grpc_resolver_factory *factory, const char *string) {
 
   on_resolution_arg on_res_arg;
   memset(&on_res_arg, 0, sizeof(on_res_arg));
-  on_res_arg.expected_server_name = gpr_strdup(uri->path);
+  on_res_arg.expected_server_name = uri->path;
   grpc_closure *on_resolution =
       grpc_closure_create(on_resolution_cb, &on_res_arg);
 
   grpc_resolver_next(&exec_ctx, resolver, &on_res_arg.resolver_result,
                      on_resolution);
   GRPC_RESOLVER_UNREF(&exec_ctx, resolver, "test_succeeds");
-  grpc_uri_destroy(uri);
   grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
-  gpr_free(on_res_arg.expected_server_name);
+  grpc_uri_destroy(uri);
 }
 
 static void test_fails(grpc_resolver_factory *factory, const char *string) {